coral id please?

[grantman]

please help with the id of this coral. Thanks

 

[michaeltx]

looks like a blastamussa but could be a brain just cant remember what the name is.
Mike

 

[escape2thewater]

Im only just learning about corals now but looks like some zoo's to me! Pretty colorful ones at that. Good luck with them!
Kyle

Not to go against what mike said though! He had not replyed yet as I typed mine. Go with what he said!

 

[grantman]

another pic

 

[grantman]

darn i can't get the colors to come out right. I will have to wait until tomorrow morning when the mh are back on.

 

[michaeltx]

do they have a skeleton under each polyp?
Mike

 

[grantman]

don't want to sound stupid but I don't think they are polyps. They felt very hard when I put it in the tank and the "polyps" fit against one another so I cannot see what is under them.

 

[michaeltx]

I bump a COTW the thread check it out and see if thats what ya got.
Mike

 

[grantman]

blastamussa it is thanks.

 

[michaeltx]

kewl I love that coral.
I thought thats what it was.
Mike

 

[spsfreak100]

It looks like a favites to me.
Graham

 

[j21kickster]

i dont think it is a blasto- Blastomussa corals have seperate skeletons under each polyp that connect to eachother in a net like pattern- if you touched them , they would close and you would see empty space, Favites is my guess as well- just touch it, does it seem the have a solid skeleton under the flesh?

 

[j21kickster]

now that i look at it again- im sure it is not a blasto-

 

[jonthefb]

i vote balsto....i have one that is this same type in my 65...ive got to get a pic of it! it doesnt have the long skeleton, instead its very thin! the corallite sturcture is that of a blasto though!
good luck
jon

 

[spsfreak100]

Now that I am getting a better look at it, I could tell it's definitely in the Family Faviidae, Genus Favites. It's not a Blastomussa.
Here's a quote for Blastomussa wellsi, which can be veiwed Here:
Colonies are phaceloid, rarely subplocoid. Corallites are 9-14 millimetres diameter. Septa are not arranged in cycles and are numerous. They have small blunt teeth. Mantles, but not tentacles, are extended during the day and may form a continuous surface obscuring the underlying growth-form.
My guess is that it's a Favites abdita, Favites complanata, Favites micropentagona, Favites paraflexuosa, Favites pentagona, Favites russelli, Favites spinosa, or a Favites vasta
Graham

 

[jonthefb]

i think that we need a better pic when the tissue is expanded a little more!
good luck
jon

 

[j21kickster]

Blastomussa w. has a different skeletal structure but there is a definate defination between each polyp- on the coral above- the tissue is one solid mass with no seperation between polyps- this is my blasto- you can see the difference

 

[grantman]

i think this is the best pic

 

[grantman]

I like to play with my digital camera

 

[j21kickster]

can you take a pic when the polyps are closed- you can rub it gently to make them close